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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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